From Hastings to Lands End….. A long drive

For Battleaxe readers in America, Australia etc., a road trip of 332 miles would be nothing, but in the UK it is a bit different. To drive from Hastings to Sennen Cove near Lands End…

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Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition finals – Prokofiev surfeit!

For the past two evenings Battleaxe and Philosopher have been down at the White Rock Theatre, for the finals of the annual Hastings number one high culture-fest, the Piano Concerto Competition.    This year was…

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Spring? Hastings Battleaxe eats outside for the first time….

Well, the weather is totally crazy in Hastings. Wednesday was freezing cold, howling gale, snow and sleet. Yesterday was mild, wind free and sunny.  I sat outside for coffee in town, and then ate lunch…

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Opera at Wetherspoons, jumble sales, Ottolenghi’s and computer traumas….

Phew, Hastings Battleaxe has had a busy week… Opera at Wetherspoons?  Oh yes. In a previous post, I’ve mentioned the Opera House Wetherspoons in Tunbridge Wells, a spectacular and sympathetic conversion from theatre to pub.…

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Visit to Toledo – Battleaxe goes it alone

I’ll just do one more quick post on Spain before catching up with Hastings life. You remember from the last post that Philosopher was poorly – now has terrible cold – and I was going…

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